Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter and Apple’s senior vice president of design, Jonathan Ive, sat down for a wide-ranging discussion at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco.

Ive spoke candidly about what he learned from late Apple founder and C.E.O. Steve Jobs, how he feels about competitors whose products border on “theft,” and his own development as a designer. He also shared the specifics of his daily routine, and offered an in-depth look at the creative process of Apple’s core design team.

Undoubtedly among the most influential industrial designers of his generation, Ive has overseen the design of every Apple product—from the iMac to Thursday’s newly launched Macs and iPads—since joining the company full-time in 1992.

The New Establishment Summit took place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, where Apple launched some of its most significant products.